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I'm entering the nutrients from memory, actually used them last week as well. Only on Sunday, Monday too but stopped after that and went to simple water after plant 2 had a little curl in the lower leaf.
Adding this week late. Topped the main branches again, not sure if this counts as main-lining yet but I expect to take a couple clone branches and be down to that big split main lining seems to do if I understand it correctly.
Lower branches seemed a little curled and crunchy on one plant, so I backed off the fertilizer this week after upping it the week before.
I like how each of these are coming along. In earlier grows I haven't pruned in the veg stage as much, so these feel 'slow' and I need to get a better sense of when I'll flip these to flower. Previously I always went by height. Sticking with regular waterings with some grow and cal mag. This soil should still be really rich with the amount of compost it has in it.
2/8 - Moved from CFLs to LED lights starting today.
Defoliate again and committed to keeping the main branches I currently have on the plants. I think the lower ones should be gone for a proper main line, but removing these specific ones seems like a bad move on these plants.
Eased off on the fertilizer this week, planning to feed tomorrow.
Switching these to flowering mode today, 2/21. I put plants into full dark for 48 hours to go to flowering, so that starts today and I'll add flowering weeks once I have visible bud sites.
Flipped the plants to 12/12 on 2/23 after 48 hours of dark. I'm slightly surprised the flower sites aren't more visible yet.
Took a few clones, of which none have really taken off. The mainline-ish setup didn't get me the size of cuttings I'm used to from a more lst/lollipopped plant like I'm used to getting so that isn't a shock.
Started to fertilize with some bloom, I don't see any issues so far.
Adding 1T of langbenite to the soil of each plant.
3/1
BOS looks like it’s taco folding the leaves at the top. Quick search suggested the top indicates light intensity, and I’ve been riding these close so I’m backing off to about 75cm from the old 45cm.
3.7
Clipped lower branches to keep new flower sites to the top canopy.
Having photo issues, can update later.
Flowers are coming along, the the branches supporting them look really strong. They do have patches of purple on them, which I'm not sure how much I should be worried about.
Trimmed some canopy from the inside of the main branches where it will expose more bud.
Buds seem to be coming along nicely on these ones. Should I feed these more?
I fed them more bloom and calmag. I always worry I'm over feeding them, to the point that any curve in the end of the fan leaf or slight bright tip starts to make me thing I must be feeding it too much. I don't _think_ I'm seeing that here, and I realize those photos from under the Mars Hydro aren't the best, but if it looks like there are any signs of over fertilization or any other issue please give a shout.
I flower my plants in a mylar lined box, roughly 2' deep by 4' wide by maybe 6' tall, using two 300W Mars Hydro LEDs.
With that amount of light on the plants, would you recommend more light, or CO2 supplementation, and if so how much?
Hey there northo, basically cannabis works better with more co2, whereas you’re at 500-550ppm canna works better at like 800-1200 ppm . So if your goal is “optimal growing conditions” then you can go ahead with co2 supplementation. I liked using the TNB co2 product more than others . You’re right to mention the light though , it’s probably a more logical investment at first. I see you’re using blurple. What I ask folks is always “what color is the sun?” Try the newest generation of lights : they’re the right color now. A good light will do more for you than extra co2 for sure. Hope this helps ! 🚀
The buds on these seem to be coming along well. I added one small grow light on the side of the box to penetrate a little more into the plants. Also clipped a few more leaves off the inside of the canopy to get more lights on the buds.
I like the buds that are developing on these. They _seem_ to be heavier than I'd expect at this point on previous plans where I hadn't trained them as much for branch size. At this point I think I could be doing more to get light into the buds, either through defoliation of a little extra light.
Leaves seem good. I see a little bit of what I presume to be burn at the very tips, but nothing I'm worried about today.
Added langbenite to the top of the soil mixture at the beginning of the week (4/5).
The smell coming off of these is really picking up. I think they would benefit a lot from more lighting that penetrated the buds from the side.
Trying to ease up on the nutrients this week. I'm worried I drive them too hard and that may have been the cause of a bunch of yellow leaves, which I thought was a sign the wanted more nitrogen and a feeding was a good idea.
I'm not sure what I should expect to see at this point on the buds. I feel like I never saw a period with a lot of white hairs, but I haven't even checked the photos yet and may just be wrong. I'd like to see more bulk on the buds but
I'm not sure what the best next step is for that at this point in the grow cycle.
I seem to have some amount of purple stems on every plant I grow, some much more than others, and I suspect that I do run my plants a little harder on amounts of nutrients than I should. How concerned should I be and what should I do about them?
Purple stems or streaks of purple can be a few things more than likely its just the plants natural defense to intense light. if you look at a flowering canpoy you will find that leaf stems in direct contact with the light will turn red or purple this is complealty normal and is the plants defense mechinism against heat stress. Now purple of the stem could be a mixture of this and if its streaking its actully not a bad thing at all on the contary the plant is giving you a visible sign that she is healthy and getting them mobile nutrients around the plant. It could also be a slight lack or phosphorus when the plants are in this stage and look like yours they are going to require alot of P to keep ripening and fatting up. Hope this helps bro.
Got these outside for a few hours of sunlight this week. The buds look on their way to ripening with a bit of distance to go.
I think I've been generally over feeding my plants, including these ones. For that reason I'm going to lay off the added nutrients from here to harvest. The soil I'm using was likely fairly hot.
I'm really just letting these play out now. I don't want to feed them any more and I'd originally intended to flower for 12 weeks. So I'll continue to water them and watch for any issues.
Still just letting these soak up light and ripen. Airflow looks good so I'm not removing any more leaves at this point. Still not feeding them. I think they got a little too much of that early on.
Just riding this one out, watering it, and watching out for rot. Everything looks good so far. Surprised to still see few possibly no orange/amber 'pins'.
Just cut these down, will update here once I've had some.
6/1
- Trimmed the first one and got it into jars
- Trimmed buds weighed in at 24.8g. That's less than I was hoping for but I don't have specific reasons for the other than a couple of ridiculous examples of mainlined plants that were also grown in different medium and fed just ... everything.
- Bud quality is definitely better than previous plants that came in around that weight or higher though. Almost no popcorn buds, very sticky, very strong smell. Like if pine trees grew edible berries. Looking forward to seeing what happens during curing.
- Second plant isn't quite snapping yet so I'm waiting at least one more day
Northo
